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CVE-2010-1991

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, 7, and 8.0.7600.16385 executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC…

Impact

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180, 7, and 8.0.7600.16385 executes a mail application in situations where an IFRAME element has a mailto: URL in its SRC attribute, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive application launches) via an HTML document with many IFRAME elements.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MicrosoftIe
Version 8.0.7600.16385
MicrosoftInternet Explorer
Versions 6.0.2900.2180, 7, 7.0

Weakness classification

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